<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>I was hoping he would have asked that question because Kerry's answer would have ended that smear tactic for the rest of the campaign.<p><hr></blockquote><p>What "smear tactic"? Bush has said he wants all 527 ads off the air and has done nothing but praise Kerry's military service . . . repeatedly. A group of veterans have legitimate questions about Kerry's service record. <br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Kerry was spot on the entire debate and would have used that question to his own advantage and would have turned it around to make Bush seem only more pathetic.<p><hr></blockquote><p>No question Bush's performance at the debate wasn't good and needs to improve over the next two debates. Poor performance, yes. Pathetic? Hardly.<br><br><br>****************<br><br>[color:blue]VOTE</font color=blue>[color:red] for President George W. Bush on November 2, 2004</font color=red>

First, I will show nothing. You can, if you care to, find evidence on your own.<br><br>Second, there's no complaint about your having a different political position. If everyone thought the same it'd be a boring world. It's the mode of the argument that bothers me.<br><br>This is it for me on this issue, by the way, so feel free to have the last word.<br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Your words: Unprepared. Defensive. Repetitive. Out of control. Inexcusable to come to a debate like this...<p><hr></blockquote><p>My words around 30 minutes in to the debate. I thought his answers improved as the debate continued on. <br><br>Again, poor performance, yes. Pathetic? No.<br><br>****************<br><br>[color:blue]VOTE</font color=blue>[color:red] for President George W. Bush on November 2, 2004</font color=red>

Well, put yourself in Jim's shoes. His responsibility was to ask questions that would give each candidate a chance to distinguish themselves and challenge each other in terms of foreign policy. However you feel personally about the Swift Boat stuff or the Air National Guard stuff, you have to admit that both are completely political issues with no relevance to foreign policy. Jim would have stepped over a huge line in playing to those kinds of squabbles.<br><br>Jim did an excellent job as moderator. I don't think he should be criticized for that.<br><br>-- Charlie Alpha Roger Yankee Whiskey<br>

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